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Okay, Got 3 Neo3 Platinum boxes on BIOS 1.B. |
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The two 64 bit Gentoo boxes are running clean with |
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2.6.9-r9 gentoo sources. One has the dual core |
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upgrade and its very very nice! Played with lots of |
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different kernels including gentoo-sources 2.6.14 and |
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vanilla-sources 2.6.14 on the single core box and they |
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all hang like the 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 kernels. |
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If I can find about 8 hours, I can probably isolate |
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the kernel code change(s) that causes the freeze on |
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this MBoard and float a patch into 2.6.14 and see if |
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some kernel guys can study it. |
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The third box is a windoze XP and it occasionally |
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needs the keyboard unplugged and replugged after the |
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BIOS starts. This looks like a hardware issue because |
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it happens with BIOS 1.3, 1.8 and 1.B and occurs far |
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before the bootloader gets going. |
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I'm off to Frys because the dual core box has a stuck |
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chipset fan. Might as well buy 3 replacements, one |
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for each board. |
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--- Nuitari <nuitari@××××××××××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> > So, the old BIOS works with all versions of the |
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> kernel |
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> > going back a year. The new BIOS doesn't work with |
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> > kernel 2.6.11 and 2.6.12. |
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> > Anyone familiar with the recent changes to libata |
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> or |
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> > nv_sata drivers? |
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> No, but I know that there are fixes related to |
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> nv_sata in 2.6.14, so it |
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> might work again. |
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> "sata_nv: Fixed bug introduced by 0.08's MCP51 and |
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> MCP55 support" |
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> (the bug seems to have been introduced earlier in |
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> 2.6.14 development. |
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> "[PATCH] Add NVIDIA device ID in sata_nv" |
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> There is also a fix atapi_packet_task vs intr race |
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> (take 2) which is way |
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> too technical for me to understand before getting a |
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> good night of sleep. |
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